carneys in wexford

[jolby]

hia

this is a bit of a long shot as i dont have much infomation but maybe someone can advise me, i have the marriage certificate for my gggrandad (he was a mystery in himself) he married in pembrokeshire but was origionally from davidstown co wexford, he was born 1842 ish, on his marriage in 1873 it states he was a widower which is the first i knew of a marriage before... his father was joseph carney, i would like to try and trace this branch further but i have no idea where to go from here, he was in the army when he married in 1873 and i have the documents from FindMyPast but it doesnt say anything about a first marriage and only has next of kin listed when he remarried, any ideas would be great thanks.....

jo

[shanew147]

What occupation for is on the marriage cert for Joseph ?

There seems to be four separate townlands named Davidstown in Co. Wexford... does the military record mention the name of the Civil parish your  gggrandad was born in ?

see : Introduction to Irish Records



Shane

[jolby]

thanks for replying, the marriage cert states joseph was an engineer..... unfortunatly on the military records it just states davidstown co wexford, it does also state manchester so he enrolled in ireland then went to manchester from there before pembrokeshire
jo

[shanew147]

Usually Military records include place of birth as the civil parish - but maybe in this case he gave the name of his RC parish. Were your Carney's RC ?

There is a Catholic parish of Davidstown, and it's located south-west of the town of Enniscorthy.



Shane

[nickr90]

Try the spelling Kearney - more common in Wexford